Newspaper Page Text
i . THE LAST JOURNLY.
The little traveler set forth
“Vlth one last smile of sweet content.
There are no footprints, south or north,
.To show to us the way she went;
hn'tmv footprints in the snow.,
No tlower for token backward thrown.
“bweeth;‘fi:rt," we wept, "why must you
207
Smiling, she went her way, alone.
The little traveler went her way X
And left us all who loved her SO.
Bhe journeved forth at break of day—
A long, long way she had to go.
The stars were paling in the sky—
Their kind eyes must have seen her
o start,
We could not see; we could but cry,
“Come hack to wus, dear heart, dear
heart!”
Thea little traveler's tiny feet
Have found a path that we must find.
Bhe was so little and so sweet!
We eannot linger, left hehind.
We stumble, seeking, day by dav.
O little traveler! Who will send
A guide to point us out the way
To find vou at the journey’s end?
—Francis Barine, in Youth's Companion.
e eel ——————
"i-:._fl.—..mflz-i
How Cne San Francisco Mouse
-+ Stood With Ruins All Around It. ¥
(e s ©
i l F. H. WHEELAN, in St. Nicholac. . £
> GEDNES O CUAD € © CEIND 00D
At 1654 Taylor street, in the city
of San Francisco, there stands to-day
a house, which, in the greatest fira of
modern times, was saved from the
flames by the flag. When over four
hundred blocks of buildings lay in
smoking ruins, this house was the
only one left standing unconsumed
along the east side of the full length
of Taylor street—a distance of twen
ty-eight Dblocks, nearly two full
MBS % e
At the time of the earthquake and
fire, ‘April 18, 1906, Mrs. Brindley, a
daughter of Mr. Sheppard, was there
awaiting the arrival of her husband
to take steamer for Japan. She had
long resided in that country, and had
had “earthquake experience,” so to
speak. Accordingly, as soon as the
earth had ceased trembling, she pro
ceeded to fill the bLathtubs and ail
other receptacles in the house with
water. She ‘feared that the dis
turbance of the earth had broken the
supply mains; and hardly had she
filled the last pitcher when her fear
was proved well grounded. The
water ceased to flow. But the first
step that made it possible for the flag
to save the house had been taken.
Mr. Sheppard and Mr. Dakin took the
second step. In order that the house
hold might have a supply of drink
ing water, they brought home from a
neighboring grocery a dozen or so
bottles charged with carbonic acid
gas—the kind of bottles where. you
press a lever at the top, and the
water fizzes out in a stream under
pressure. They are commonly called
“siphons.”
At this time no one thought the
house in danger. 1t had sturdily
withstood the earthquake; and the
fire was many blocks away. But all
Wednesday and Wednesday night and
all of Thursday the fire ragad in fury;
and at last it came creeping up the
slope of Russian Hill. The flames
reached the block in which the house
was situated. The heat grew intense.
The sides of the house sent forth
smoke. The veranda on the ' east
broke into flames, and the under side
of the eaves on the north and east
kindled to a blaze.
Mr. Sheppard and his family had
taken one last look at their home
with its treasures, and had sought
refuge with friends across the bay.
Mr. Dakin had stayed to the last,
hoping against hope. But all hope
was gone. The house was burning
and he was warned away. He de
termined to hoist his larg.st Amer
ican flag and let the house meet de
struction with' the colors fiying fair
above it. He rushed to his room of
flags, selected his largest Stars and
Stripes, mounted to the roof, at
tached the great flag to the halyards,
and flung it to the bresze. Then,
with a feeling somewhat akin to re
spect for the conquering power of the
great fire king, roaring forward in ir
resistible ruin, and with a spirit
somewhat akin to the unconquerable
pluck that stirred the breasts of his
comrades in the days of the Civil
War, he dipped the flag in salute.
Three times the glorious banner rose
and fell; and then, fastering the hal
yards, Mr. Dakin desceneded the
stairs, locked the door, and with a
heavy heart left the house to its
fate.. High in the air, shining bright
in the light of sun and flames, ahove
the house of pines that had grown
by the shores of the Atlantic, stream
ing forth on a breeze that came fresh
from the Pacific, stood “Ol¢ Glory.”
The white stars upon that flag were
there as symbols of the States of the
Union. One star was there for Cali
fornia and one was there for Georgia;
but three blocks away, to the east
ward, at the corner of Vallejo street
and Montgomery avenue, at that mo
ment, there chanced to be a company
of men who represented all the stars
on that flag's field of blue—a com
pany of the Twenticth United States
Infantry.
Under the command of a young
lieutenant, the company had been on
its way to San Francisco on the day
of the earthquake, and had been de
layed on its journey twenty-four
hours. It had entered the city Thurs
day afternoon by the ferry from Oak
land, and was at that moment march
ing under orders to go into camp at
Washington square. The lieutenant
and his men had seen the flag rise
and fall in salute; and saw it now as
it streamed forth in its beauty amidst
smoke and flame.
“Boys,” shouted the young lieuten
ant, “a house that flies a flag like that
is worth saving!” His men responded
with a cheer; and as Mr. Dakin was
sadly wending his way down the
northern slope of Russian Hill, sol
diers of the Twentieth United States
Infantry were dashing up the eastern
slope at a double-quick. No time was
lost. They tore away the burning
woodwork of the veranda, broke open
the doors and discovered the bath
tubs filled with water. Some of them
carried earth from the garden, others
mixed it in the bathtubs to the con
sistency of wet plaster, and then cer
tain of their number stationed them
selves at the different windows, and
as the wet mud was carried to them
they bombarded every spot that had
kindled into flame.
One by one the houses in the block
burned up and burned out, until the
old house stood alone. Every blaze
that had started upon its eaves and
sides had been extinzuished save one.
There was one spot under the eaves
at the northeast corner that could not
be bombarded successfully. Unless
the fire at that point was put out all
that had been done were done in
vain.
The soldiers were equal to the
emergency. A squad mounted to the
roof. One of the men lay flat upon
the edge, and while four of his com
rades held him fast by the legs, he
leaned far out over the wide old
fashioned eaves. Others passed to
him bottles of the water charged with
carbonic acid gas. And there, hang
ing far over the edge of the roof, so
that he might be able to direct the
stream of water on the fire burning
flercely beneath the eaves, he squirted
the fizzing contents of bottle after
bottle, until the last flame and the
last ember were extinguished—and
the house was saved.
WEALTH IN ONIONS.
New Branch of Farming Adds to
Texas’ Industrial Activities.
The onion farmer is a comparative
ly new arrival upon the scene of in
dustrial activities in Texas, says the
Technical World Magazine. He is
now one of the large contributors to
the wealth of the State. lln a little
more than eight years the value of
the annual production of onions in
Texas for the market has reached ap
prosimately $2,000,000. When the
fact is considered that this enormous
wealth is derived from only about
2500 acres of land, some idea may be
had of the abundance of the yield
and the good prices that are obtained
for the product. Onion growing has
done another thing to help Texas. It
has been the direct means of adding
more than $2,500,000 to the intrinsic
value of her lands. Inasmuch as the
growers put a good portion of their
annual earnings from the industry
into property improvements in town
and country the increase of taxable
wealth from this source has also been
considerable.
The wonders which were wrought
by the magic touch of Aladdin’s lamp
were no greater than the transfor
mation which onion growing has
brought to certain portions of Texas
during the last few years. Land
which, from the time of the early
visit of the Spaniards to the Rio
Grande border section, was thought
to be almost worthless, and at the
very most only fit for goat grazing,
is now bringing in an annual net re
turn of from S3OO to SSOO per acre
from the onions which it produces.
Before the inauguration of onion
growing any of this land could have
been purchased at prices ranging from
$1 to $2 per acre. It has now no
established value for the reason that
none of its owners are willing to sell.
They will not fix a value upon the
land. Some of them are free to say
that land which has such large pro
ducing qualities oughit to be worth
not less than SIOOO per acre. Some
of the onion growers say they would
not be willing to accept less than
S2OOO per acre for their lands. Even
at that price the annual net return
will average nearly twenty-five per
cent. on the investment.
Sharp Dealing.
For once the American had discov
ered something British that was bet
ter than could be produced “across the
pond.” His discovery was a fine col
lie dog, and he at once tried to induce
its owner, an old shepherd, to sell it.
“Wad ye be takin’ him to Amer
ica?” inquired the old Scot. %
“Yes, I guess so 0,” said the Yankee,
“I thought as inuckle,” said the
shepherd. “I couldna pairt wi’ Jock.”
But while they sat and chatted an
English tourist ecame up, and to him
ihe shepherd sold the collie for much
less thun the Amerizan had offered.
“You told me you wouldn’t sell
him,” said the Yankee, when the pur
chaser had departed.
“No,” replied the Scot; “I said 1
couldna pairt wi’ him. Joek’ll be
back in a day or so, but he couldn’t
swim the Atlantic.”—Detroit Free
Press.
e o i
Turpentine in India.
The production of turpentine and
resin developed rapidly in Naini Tal
forest division in India during 1906-
7. The profits for the year amount
ed to $11,333. "he Government hay
ing put the industry on a paying ba
sis, the enterprise will be turned over
to individuals. The tapping of trees,
however, will be retained under Govy
ernment control.
« Every Letter in One Verse.
In the twenty-first verse of the
seventh chapter of Ezra can be found
every letter of the English alphabet,
It runs thus: *“And I, even I, Artax
erzes the King, do make a decree to
all the treasurers which are beyond
the river, that whatsoever Ezra the
priest, the scribe of the law of the
God of heaven, shall require of you,
it be done speedily.” Lap :
& 3 vl 1
4 . '*“\‘n.;L' vs £ ;.-} {
'*\ i "“‘ 2 ° T \
NG gl
&Dt . ; ePk
i RSN e oA g
M ){’%\“% N ‘“.A, . v"'\‘?.r}"o‘}'
A& D H&fif*;&\‘w{«* ! N, Y l.‘hf';'."\'y
SPRENS £SR - G b "),-4",-2‘7:.»?
S B, AT P
R 'J'} 3\ e R T 0-‘:’_-"'s‘.’?’,' %
‘%3"3% N S i e eT o
X ANH LX R ! N D L 3 PASR SKy '\."-'T:AS (8
Ssl% % A\ S e7Y W
BTN Yy &i{‘ o S p 4 ko ks t?&}sv‘ :
,’.’.‘ BN SR gy ; '\Q»i\. 4
i S A v@»‘&" TERA
S R TR - LR
eA T SRR NESEY \
iy ARG - g 'y S ¥ ™
N i e N ) 402
AR e~’*r.,s i ;
3 Humus Necessary.
Fertilizers will always bring better
results on soils abounding in humus
or organic decay than in those that
are destitute of this,
Deathr to Chicks.
Dampness means death to the
young poults. If turkey raisers would
make a note of this and see that sur
roundings are clean, dry and well
ventilated and free from vermin, the
death rate would be much lessened.
Change quarters unless they meet all
requirements and see that the brood
is free from vermin, which are an in
sidious enemy, slowly sapping the
life away, and rendering the victims
susceptible to every disease that fowls
are heir to.—Farmers’ Home Journal.
Individual Records of Dairy Cows.
The records of two cows for three
years are presented in a circular of
the Ohio station for the purpose of
illustrating the value of accurate
knowledge concerning the production
of each cow in the dairy herd. One
cow produced on an average for three
years 5754.9 pounds of milk and
330.2 pounds of fat at a profit of
$50.72 over cost of food, and the
other cow 7365.1 pounds of milk and
231.4 pounds of fat at a profit of
$24.82. These are not believed to be
extreme differences, but such as might
be found in average untested herds.
—Weekly Witness.
Tight Weight Hog in Favor.
It was only a very few years ago
that the average farmer strived to
get his hogs in such a condition be
fore the time of butchery that it was
next to impossible for them to move
about, and when dressed the percent
age of fat was by far too large.
But now he has found out that the
purchasing classes are not after this,
but are after ‘‘streak of lean and
streak of fat’’ pork, and choice hams
of medium size and of superior fla
vor, as the large fatty hams will not
find the number of purchasers they
formerly did.
At an institute last week I heard a
gentleman explain this change by
stating .that when high prices were
maintained in beef and mutton, pork
was the only meat that was practieal
ly within the reazh of the laboring
classes, who are by far the largest
consumers, and so they had but little
opportunity, but this has all been
changed, as beef, lamb and mutton
have come down on a level with pork,
which alters circumstances.
Packers now pay the highest prices
for hogs weighing between 150 and
175 pounds, so the typical hog should
be one that will be fit to kill at about
that weight, and it would, no doubt,
be a great deal more profitable to kill
at that figure even if the overweight
paid more than double, pound for
pound, for the grain consumed.—
Weekly Witness, s
Sunlight Kills Germs.
Light is admitted to our stables
from all four sides, says Henry Ste
vens, in Farmers’ Review. The gize
of the windows depends upon the
height of the wall and the height to
the ceiling. We use mostly two sash
frame windows. These are usually
just above the wall of the stable from
two feet to two feet and a half from
the floor and our cows stand facing
the light. The windows are shaded
in no way and allow the sunlight to
enter to the greatest possible extent,
‘We believe it easier to keep a well
lighted stable clean, and certainly the
incentive is greater. We also believe
a large amount of light beneficial to
the health of our cows. There cer
tainly can be no healthier herd of cat
tle than our herd of Holsteins. Al
though we have 175 head, we very
seldom have any sick, and scientists
say that ten minutes of sunlight will
kill tuberculosis bacilli. The sun
shine certainly aids in keeping the
stable sweet and dry. Most stables
in this vicinity are well lighted, al
though there are a few of the old
dark stables, but scarcely any among
progressive up-to-date farmers. By
all means put windows in a dark sta
ble.
In building a new stahle we would
have at least one-third of the wall
space windows; one-half would be
better. A very nice idea is in having
only one sash frames and having
them close together, The sash should
be hung in the bottom of these frames
and arranged so that they can be
swung in six or seven inches at the
top. V-shaped boards on the side of
the frame to keep out the wind and
rain, the open space over the top cov
ered with muslin, this ventilation
without draft going upon the cattle.
In very extreme weather they can be
closed tight by shutting them.
Starting Right With Berries.
Suecess with a strawbarry bed de
pends largely on the preparafion of
the soil. Any good soil, provided the
moisture conditions are right, will
grow strawberries, but new land is
best, though it must be thoroughly
worked for at least two years with
corn or potatoes before planting
strawberries. In preparing the
ground it is best to plow in a dress
ing of manure in the fall, and plow it
up to the surface in the spring, Jt
will ghen be just where the plants
will need it, and in the best condition
for assimilation by the roots. Do not
l}et the ground dry up after plowing,
but at once smooth off the surface of
the bed and set the plants, marking
the rows four feet wide, and putting
the plants eighteen to thirty inches
in the rows according to variety. Be
stre to get the rows straight; this
¢an be easily done by drawing a gar
den line for the first row, using a
three-row marker for the rest of the
field.. Before setting the plants trim
off at least half of the roots and
leaves and dip the roots into a mix
ture of water and clay—set the plants
firmly with the crown, even with the
surface of the ground. Be sure that
the roots are straight in the ground.
Begin to cultivate the ground as soon
as the surface shows the least tend
ency to dry up with a fine tooth culti
vator, and continue this at least once
a week during the growing season,
provided the ground is not wet when
you cultivate.
Be sure to remove all blossoms and
buds which appear the first year, and
keep the surplus runners pulled off if
you want a large crop of fruit the
first year. In most varieties the
plants should stand about six inches
apart, but we find that there are va
rieties which. do better when the
plants are close together. -
One of the most important details
about successful strawberry growing
is setting the plants early in the
spring. Plants should be dug,
shipped ‘and set before they make
much new foliage. Root action is
stronger early in the season, and even
should the ground be dry, you will
lose a much smaller per cent, than if
planted late.—Wilfrid Wheeler, in
the American Cultivator.
Kecping Quality of Apples.
THere is a guestion, often asked at
fruit growers’ meetings, as answered
in part by L. W. C., in Rurai New
Yorker: “Is it true that apples grown
in sod have better keeping quality
than those grown under tillage?"
No one seems to say yes or no with
out gqualification, My own experience
indicates that the cultivated apples
are larger, lighter in color and less
firm than those grown in sod. My
soWult will ¢ert#inly average small
er and considerably higher in color.
Our only keeping test is that of put
ting all together in an ordinary cel
lar, as we sell most of our fruit early.
From this test I feel sure that the sod
apples are better keepers. In com
mercial apple anlture this does not
make so much difference, as most ap=
ples are put at once into cold storage
and kept there until sold.
A large number of scientific experi
ments have been conducted with va
rying results. There is a certain defi
nite time heyond which apples should
not be in storage. After this period
the sod fruit keeps best. The sod
fruit manures earlier than the culti
vated, and if picked at the same time
is a little higher colored. This high
colored matured fruit, of course,
keeps better than immature fruit, es
pecially ‘with ‘the earlier varieties,
like Wealthy, Alexander and Fa
meuse. These varieties undoubtedly
keep better when grown on sod land
than fruit ifrom tilled land picked at
the same time. Where the latter was
allowed to grow longer there is not
muech difference. In commercial or
charding I think more depends on
other things, such as picking and
handling. No matter how the apple
is grown, bruising and rough hand
ling will hurt the fruit.
o E 5 . .
Farm Notes,
'A money making combination is
the cow and the sow. Give the latter
warm skim milk,
Even if the flock of chicks has
abundant range, still clabber cheese
will be eaten greedily and is a good
growth producer,
A ‘new remedy for worms in sheep
and goats is to have a supply of salty
tobaeco leaves (waste leaves) where
the animals can eat them,
The horse collar which rubs up a
lap of flesh at every stride of the ani
mal will soon wear a gall on his neck.
So will a dirty collar in warm weath
er.
Pight Hce by fighting dirt. It is
useless to spray and powder if you
allow droppings to pile up from
week's end to week's end, Clean the
‘house thoroughly at least weekly.
if the demand is good for roasters,
clean out the cull cockerels as soon as
they prove their want of merits, Bet
!ter make room for the others than
have a lot of cheap cull cockerels on
lhand in the fall, ’
Those who have tried it say that
|common axle grease, provided it is
'not of the salty kind, is a good rust
' preventive for agricultural imple
ments and tools, being equal to a
coat of varnish,
The common wheat drill has been
found the mogt convenient implement
for planting cowpeas and soy beans,
utilizing only the tubes neceded to al
low a proper distance between rows,
1n ordinary ground thirty-two to thir
ty-four inches is a satisfactory dig«
! tance,
Pt A — — = TP
A B s '%‘ $ O : 5 . i
y \ . Y, P I
A ROR N 3 y ? o P
PRN Rk N B : P ) / A 8 | :
,\\\’? ¥ 25 a ‘A ¥YV )“, % R
R S R e t oet T L LSR SR R
New York City.—Guimpes make
guch an important feature of present
dress that no girl can have too many.
Here are two attractive styles which
can be utilized both for lingerie ma
terials and for the wash silks that are
80 much used. The tucked guimpe
|-
AR A AN
Cim=N G
A\ ALY A 5 @ Vi
AV LS Sl
S .\ ? \"/’
\ ; i.‘.‘#{.‘f‘:‘? a 4
) ST\ .';".': T i
iHe NN '-"-‘3"-. )
Y o 7 AR T TR
(y / ‘.':.l‘i?' gv‘
7\l v 4
% (§ W\ {| Ilf ¢4
\4 W j
2\ I}k
“%é‘ »1 A§ 4 -{A’b‘
o > /1775 i %
o 7 f il \ Y
/',/ U \\\,n
1 N ¢ \'
) \
is a very pretty but simple one that
is trimmed with embroidery between
the groups of tucks. The plain one
can be made with a fancy yoke on
either a round or square outline, and
can be made as an entire guimpe or
i /;,; i \7;»,-\ k
f ZANN %\
A NN SR W ,I/
5T u‘é\\%&-’\”%‘)\
fi? ';]‘% B . V*A‘“ I
: i (TR S A
4 o 2R S o ‘
B o
.’: ‘\7 N )
e )
\\ \\ M 0 A‘-."é X
QAN HEENEC N e
£ \‘k\ )_ A\ ‘:\\- X, 1P “; :. : :
%\\-. AG AR B
oo\ | SENNAN Nl
) g/ \AR AR Ry G "‘,&“
‘@\.« V“‘Q" ) \ .\‘ £ R 0 WYL 3 @ Y I,
XA I O 1\ MTW SR ) RS DS
R WSR h,“\ \ \,{“ ST o 0 e o V’é‘t
SR N YO\ OIS A
FNN e O
T TR, \l‘,"\,@“\\\})\‘s) ‘ % 5 ;'.'.;',n‘l A
RN i g O
AP A .
» )% pis | 2")‘ e
oy /i Hr 2 A
G (/ Y
o=\ A
K‘. vyn . g.))
\ s 3 gg'j’
e ‘Bl .
| i @) b
11,12
\)
R b
@@ i ¢y
. .?2,3 i (,;7
| % f 5‘9 :
| %’§ v W
cut off and finished to form a chemi
sette, as liked. Both allow a choice
of three gleeves, the long ones with
deep cuffs, the long ones with straight
bands, and those of elbow length,
The guimpes are made with front
and backs, and are drawn up at the
walist line by means of tapes inserted
in a casing. The straight collar fin
ishes the nedk, and whatever the
length of the sleeves they are gath
ered at their upper and lower edges
and joined either to bands or cuffs.
The quantity of material required
for the medium size, (twelve years)
is, for either guimpe, two and three
eighth yards twenty-four or thirty
two, or one and five-eighth yards for
ty-four inches wide, with flve and
three-eighth yards of insertion, to
make the tucked gulmpe ag illus
trated.
Popular Waists,
The white blouse, with rose colored
dots embroidered throughout, is one
of the popular waists, and equally
well liked is the waist in white, with
bands of colored embroidery reaching
from the collar to the belt. Many of
the new waists show no yoke at all,
nor is the genuine feature prominent,
The Sheath Skirt,
As for the exaggerated sheath
gkirt, it is entirely out of place on the
street, and those who pergist in wear
ing it will entail serious congequences
on themselves from public opinion,
active in lits couns@leration of the
style.
L .
The New Top Coat,
Among the smart models shown for
a service coat is one cf thin tweed in
a two-toned stripe of gendarme blue.
Girl's Bertha Collars, i
Bertha collars suit the girls so per
fectly that they are always worn, and
here are some charming models that
are navel, yet simple, and which can
be utilized over any dress.
No. 1 is made in handkerchief style
with points at the shoulder, front and
back, and can be finished with
straight banding, as illustrated, or
be scalloped on its edges or inset with
lace or embroidery, ag liked. No. 2
can be cut on the pointed line, as il
lustrated, and made with medallions
and lace and with French Kknots
worked in the points to make an ex
tremely elaborate collar, or can be
cut round and finished simply by
banding and frills, as shown in the
smaller view. No. 3 is cut on a square
outline, and is especially well adapted
to banding and medallions. In this
case these last are hand embroidered,
while lace bamding outlines them and
frills of lawn finish the edges. Lace
medallions or ready made ones of em
broidery can be used, however, and
‘embroidered banding can be made to
take the place of lace, or the ma
‘terial can be outlined by the banding
‘and the squares filled with some little
bit of embroidery, if better liked.
Each bertha is made in one piece.
No. 1 is quite plain, but Nos. 2 and 3
are perforated for the medallions and
for the banding, which make such ef
fective trimming,
The quantity of material required
for the fourteen year size is three-
fourth yard thirty-two inches wide
for any bertha; three and one-fourth
vards of banding for No. 1; nine me
dallions, five yards of insertion, three
and three-fourth yards of edging, or
8,0
[7 j 2
/,/G/IE\“W flfi I‘7
) ”/" /“’“ R “ N\
. 6 dly A
R Ac‘fi‘fir ’
\Wfl
“A‘ ’
—'“ O "‘ £l
ARN .
EQT’ZA 1V? :\?;’fi’.‘;“f \‘E.. .
Taelal ,‘;a‘.“c‘é Y A
@l, 'fj,?,‘a!,‘f ," A o
o RN @
AR YT
9 ’?fg o/ '«fi«:x
3 LA ) Yoy
; é/ g SR, :fi
17 ,n\;
three yards of edging and three and
one-half yards of insertion for No. 2;
ten medallions, four and one-half
vards of insertion, three and one
fourth yards of edging for No. 3.
Gray is Worn,
Gray is mwch worn, though not a
heralded color. The paler shades,
guch as pearl and silver, are the fav
ored tones, and, as a rule, gowns of
this dainty color show a reliet by way
of contrasting trimming.
- Arrival of Cretonne Ribbon.
The latest recruit to the ranks of
things cretonne is the ecretonne rib
bon. This comes in a very wide
width,
